Categories We Didn't Think Of: Arts and Culture

BEST BURLESQUE SHOW!!!!!!
Séduction Féroce— shebameow

Best Chamber Music Series
Four Seasons ArtsFour Seasons Arts provides a wonderful series of chamber music concerts primarily at Holy Names University. But what is really great is that they have a package for people who no longer drive that includes transportation. They also sponsor a summer program in Yachats, Oregon that is a delight. Participants get to mingle with the artists at mealtime and at seminars. — H. Leabah Winter

Best Choir Director
Terrance KellyAs the supremely talented director of multiple choirs (for Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Imani Community Church), Terrance Kelly has expanded the musical excellence of Oakland and the East Bay for thirty years. — Farley Walker

Best Dance Party
SoulovelyFeaturing Aima the Dreamer, Lady Ryan, and DJ Emancipacion on second Sundays at the New Parish (outdoor/afternoon party!).— Candi Martinez

Best Drag Performer
Chico Suave— Tigress Osborn

Best Local Publisher
Sugartown PublishingA voice for local poets. — Helene Maxwell

Best Magazine/Publisher
Radio SilenceAs Greil Marcus, the foremost authority on rock 'n' roll stated: "This Bay Area journal is something people have been waiting for for fifty years, whether they knew it or not." — Davis Lukrich

Best School for Showgirls
Fishnet Follies School of Classic BurlesqueFishnet Follies holds up life entertainment in Oakland, and the students emerging from the school are regularly near pro level. This year, they were in the lineup among the "Movers, Shakers & Innovators" of "Burlesque Hall of Fame," the most prestigious burlesque festival worldwide. — Harden Reddy

Best Writing Club
California Writers ClubBest place to find local published authors. — JoAnn Smith Ainsworth

Best OG Local Artist Support Shop that Keeps Holding It Down for the Community
Rock Paper Scissors Collective— Kristi Holohan